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wraparound, n. and a.|ˈræpəraʊnd|
Also wrap-around, wrapround, wrap-round.
[f. wrap v. + around adv. and prep.]
A. n.
1. A garment that is thrown or wrapped round the body; a wraparound garment (see sense B. 1 a below).
1877Browning Agamemnon 120 A wrap-round [Gr. ἀµϕίβληστρον] with no outlet..I fence about him—the rich woe of the garment. 1959Vogue Pattern Bk. June-July 25 A wrap-around that buttons into place... The sort of comfort-with-elegance dress. 1973Harrods Christmas Catal. 27 Casual wrap-around in figured polyester.
2. A fastening or label that wraps round a bottle.
1953Federal Suppl. CXVIII. 182/2 The Guardian Seal, made of aluminum, attached to the bottle and requiring no secondary closure;..wrap arounds, a laminated foil attached to a paper with an adhesive on the inside giving the same decorative features as a cellulose band; [etc.]. 1966J. Aiken Trouble with Product X iii. 43, I switched over to copy for a counter-card, window bill and wrap⁓around for Bom, the Meat'n Milk Drink. 1970K. Platt Pushbutton Butterfly (1971) xiii. 149 He..came back with a bottle. He unfurled the plastic wraparound and broke it open.
3. Computers. The procedure or facility by which a linear sequence of memory locations or positions on a screen is treated cyclically, so that when the last has been counted or occupied the first is returned to automatically (on the line below in the case of screen displays). Also transf.
1965E. A. Weiss Programming the IBM 1620 ii. 21 This wrap-around feature does not apply to addresses used in commands. 1970O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing vi. 101 Even when the index register has no room for sign, subtraction can be done by utilizing the cyclic character of the addressing system (‘wraparound’). 1979J. E. Rowley Mechanised In-House Information Syst. i. 76 Display can be improved by..contextual wrap⁓around, or bringing the end of the title to the left hand side of a keyword and then marking the end of the title with a display device.
B. adj.
1. Fashion.
a. Of a garment: that is open all the way down, wraps around the body, and is fastened usu. by tying. Also, of a belt.
1937M. Levin Old Bunch 13 She dressed spiffy with wrap-around sport skirts. 1938‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) x. 143 A silver lamé hostess-gown with a trailing wrap-around skirt over Turkish trousers. 1945[see pop-over 2]. 1951Rep. Patent, Design & Trade Mark Cases (U.S.) LXVIII. 256 Mr. Percival contended that the Applicants' skirt was a novel ‘wrap round’ skirt. 1957U.S. Supreme Court Rep. 2nd Ser. I. 880/1, 1 Purple wool imitation lambskin wrap around short coat. 1972J. Godey Three Worlds ii. 19 The man was wearing a wraparound coat of some synthetic fur. 1976Scotsman 20 Nov. (Weekend Suppl.) 4/3 (Advt.), Right: The unlined, hooded style of winter coat with wrap-around belt. 1976T. Stoppard Dirty Linen 9 Maddie is..wearing..a wrap-round skirt, quite short. 1982Barr & York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 42/1 There are a few basic lines that continue practically for ever, like the pre-war wraparound double-breasted and the basic City three-piece.
b. Of sunglasses, goggles, etc.: that have lenses which extend around the side of the head.
1966T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 iii. 57 There stood Di Presso, in a skin-diving suit and wraparound shades. 1968A. Williams Brotherhood i. iv. 50 He was no longer wearing his wrap-around dark glasses. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 27 Mar. 15 (Advt.), Space-age wraparound sunglasses make all others obsolete!
2. a. That extends round a corner, esp. of parts of a building or parts of a motor vehicle.
1954Archit. Rev. CXVI. 92/1 The wrap-round cornices are used to tie it back to the side façade. 1957H. Roth Shadow of Lady xiv. 103 A sturdy little car..even if without American flourishes, like ‘wrap-around’ wind⁓screens. 1959Motor 21 Jan. 951/1 Protective wrap⁓around bumpers. 1966Daily Tel. 9 Nov. 12/5 Recent years' flirtation with vestigial fins, wrap-round rear windows and other gimmicks. 1972[see wet-suited adj. s.v. wet a. 21]. 1972Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 87/4 (Advt.), Huge liv rm & wraparound sundeck. 1976Glasgow Herald 26 Nov. 19/5 Visibility from the reclining driver's seat is outstanding, with a very wide and deep ‘wrap around’ rear window. 1980J. Strouse Alice James (1981) xiii. 221 The buildings..are..ornamented with scrollwork, wraparound porches, archways.
b. Of a cinema screen: having a greater sideways extent than normal; subtending a large angle at the audience. Similarly of a view. Also fig.
1950Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 75 You're not just looking at this ‘wrap-around’ movie show—you're in it! 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 25 (Advt.), Look down on the world from Stop. 33. The room with the wrap⁓around view. 1968Tel. (Brisbane) 18 Sept. 34/5 His book is entitled The Invasion... Hay contents himself with a brief, wraparound picture of the real invasion. 1972J. McClure Caterpillar Cop i. 7 The Big Romance soon to be filmed in fabulous Technicolor on a wrap-round screen.
3. gen. That surrounds or encompasses.
1957Times Survey Brit. Aviation Sept. 2/4 The missile has a two-stage propulsion system, consisting of wrap⁓around boosts and a sustainer rocket motor. 1964M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) xxviii. 300 Stereo sound..is ‘all-around’ or ‘wrap-around’ sound. 1967Maclean's Mag. Sept. 14 The Volkswagen is the German's ideal image of space: it's a wraparound, secure little thing. 1970Gloss. Aeronaut. & Astronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) vi. 3 Wrap-round boost, a number of boost rocket motor assemblies located externally along the sides of the missile body. 1978Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. a10 (Advt.), Wrap-around heat encircles the sides of the crockware. 1979Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVII. 655/2 The 21 new rooms and the lower gallery..provide a more than adequate wrap-around environment for the works on display. 1981Times 27 Jan. 1/8 His wrap-around bodyguards leapt from the flower⁓beds.., shouldering reporters and Saudi policemen from his path so that..it was simply not possible to see more than his eyebrows and hair.
4. Printing. Designating a flexible relief printing plate which is wrapped round the cylinder of a rotary press, and machines or methods which employ one.
1959Brit. Printer Dec. 116/3 (Index), Wrap-around, Harris letterpress rotary. 1962[see rotary a. 2 b]. 1963Publishers' Weekly 5 Aug. 87/1 Wrap-around relief printing—direct and indirect—is..being used increasingly... Most of the printing is for labels and packaging materials. 1972A. Tyrrell Basics of Reprography xiv. 216 In this way curved or wrap-around printing formes can be prepared by reprographic methods, from relief surfaces in the flat. 1983A. Campbell Designer's Handbk. viii. 128 A modern development of letterpress printing is the wrap⁓around rotary press, which prints from a one-piece shallow relief plate fastened around a press cylinder.
5. Publishing. Designating (a) a book cover made from a single sheet of material; (b) a jacket whose design extends from front to back without being divided by the spine.
1968G. A. Stevenson Graphic Arts Encycl. 418 Wrap⁓around cover, soft cover used to bind or hold a booklet, brochure, etc. It consists of one sheet or stock that forms both front and back covers. Any type of mechanical binding may be used. 1972N.Y. Law Jrnl. 24 Oct. 4/2 It must have a wrap-around cover page containing the usual information. 1979Bookseller 23 June 2829/2 Mr. Paton thought that designers did not give nearly enough consideration to the potential of the spine. In this respect he was suspicious of the wrapround jacket.
6. U.S. Finance. Used with reference to (a) a mortgage which continues when the mortgaged property is sold, the repayments to the original lender being made by a new lender who also provides the additional funds needed for the purchase; (b) a tax-deferral scheme in which the interest on certain investments goes into paying the premiums for an annuity.
1968Federal Suppl. CCXCII. 594 Midwestern would exchange a $2·2 million wrap around note, secured by certain hotel properties. 1971Legal Bull. (U.S.) Sept. 185 Wrap-around mortgage financing. 1977National Observer (U.S.) 22 Jan. 8/2 The days may be numbered for a popular tax shelter known as the investment, or ‘wrap⁓around’, annuity. 1979Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. (Advt. Section) 17/8 Priced below appraisal. Will consider a wrap-around deed or trust. 1981U.S. Federal Reg. 7 Apr. 20875/1 Official Staff Interpretation FC-0146..treats ‘wrap-around’ loans as the equivalent of refinancings. |